RAVEN SONG
ACRYLICS ON CEDAR W/RED OAK FRAME
SPRING 2023

     Ravens are the largest members of the songbirds.  Their throaty calls echo through the forest and their wide range of sounds creates a complex form of communication.  When I hear a raven, it is truly music to my ears.  The design for my raven was influenced by both Northwest Coast Native and Celtic art traditions.  In homage to the Japanese Rinpa School, I used tarashikomi, the “dripping in” effect, for the tree by allowing wet paint to diffuse over the design.  I made the frame for this painting out of red oak using pegged, hand-joined, mortise-and-tenon construction methods.   I used the Japanese technique (shou-sugi-ban) of charring and oiling the oak to finish the frame.  This painting is a modified smaller version of another painting to come later.  I specifically made it for the Matzke Gallery Spring 2023 show.
 
DIMENSIONS:          HEIGHT:  11 inches
                                  WIDTH:  8 ½ inches
 
                                                           PRICE $250